Display sign



May 14, 1935. L. J. HUGGETT DI SPLAY SIGN Filed Oct. 28,

INVENTOR. Y 771, LEONARD Jorm Hosea-T ATTORNEY Patented May 14, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPLAY SIGN 1 Leonard John Huggett, London, England Application October 28, 1933, Serial No. In Great Britain October 29, 1932 4 Claims. (01. 40-32) 5 or the like.

rollers where necessary, arranged in a casing attached to or independent of the cabinet slotted to the travelling band.

A series of flanged pulleys to any number may be employed, over which the endless band will travel, so that a very long bandmay be emand carry a multiplication of letters or the like, duplicating one or more advertisements, and if desired the advertisement can be shown at more than one point.

In the accompanying drawing:-

Figure 1 shows a plan view of one arrange ment of a fiat endless band running round the flanged pulleys.

Figure 2 shows a front elevation, with front of cabinet removed showing letters attached to band. without casing covering same.

Figure 3 shows a series of pulleys with band shown without letters running around same.

The direction of the travel of the band b is shown by the arrows, travelling over the pulleys a, c, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, q-

Any motive power may be employed to drive 1 the travelling band.

A motor U, is shown in Figure 2 with driving pulleyV, and a fly wheel S, the shaft taking its bearings between the The letters or the like used for the advertise- 'ments will be interchangeable, so that fresh advertisements can others in use.

Iclaim: t 1. A display sign incorporating an endless band,

be readily made up to replace I a bank of' pulleys consisting of 'two rows, each backward and forwards from one row to the 15 other in a manner such that it passes over conthe other of the bank of pulleys, consists of a bank 25 of pulleys which the band. traverses from end to end in a direction reverse to its direction of traverse through through the primary bank,

3. A display sign according to claim 1, having two or more secondary banks of pulleys, so ar- 0 LEONARD JOHN HUGGETT,

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